Different cultures have different drinking habits. Let’s take a closer look at those of Finnish people. According to statistics, an average Finn older than 15 years consumed 11.2 litres of…
Jaakko KotisaariWellness Specialist, Firstbeat
In some of my blogs I’ve discussed the personal lessons that Firstbeat Lifestyle Assessment reports have taught me over the years: exercise in the evening delays my sleep recovery significantly…
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat
The basic elements of well-being can be grouped into three main categories: exercise, rest and nutrition. The technology provided by Firstbeat focuses on the exercise and rest categories to offer…
Jaakko KotisaariWellness Specialist, Firstbeat
The break allows the teams to build their strategies, work with their conditioning elements and enables the players to recover from their demanding schedule.
Christoph RottensteinerPh.D., Country Manager DACH, Firstbeat
Tiina Föhr M.Sc. in health sciences/sports medicine, physiotherapist Currently writing her doctoral thesis on the relationship between leisure-time physical activity and work stress with special reference to heart rate variability…
Firstbeat Lifestyle Assessment is typically a 3-day measurement during daily life, at work and during leisure time and sleep, with the idea of looking where no one has looked before…
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat
Firstbeat’s Exercise Physiologist & Master Trainer Tiina Hoffman reflects on her summer holiday, having just returned to work after a 4-week holiday.
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat
Hurdler Ida Aidanpää-Immonen presents data she got from conducting measurements with the Bodyguard 2 device during a training camp at Tenerife.
Ida Aidanpää-ImmonenKey Account Manager, Firstbeat
Hurdler and Firstbeat’s Key Account Manager Ida Aidanpää-Immonen presents how her body recovers during a training camp in Tenerife.
Ida Aidanpää-ImmonenKey Account Manager, Firstbeat
Sundays are generally seen as days in which we athletes “take it easy”, but for me the day doesn’t differ from any other weekday.
I wore the Firstbeat Bodyguard during a trip from Finland to the UK, including the travel day and a day on the exhibition floor at Health and Wellbeing at Work 2015 conference.
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat
What effect does heart rate variability (HRV) feedback have on athletes’ psychological preparedness and vice versa?
